Social epistemology and epistemic agency : decentralizing epistemic agency / edited by Patrick J. Reide.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reider, Patrick J., 1974- editor.

Series:

Collective studies in knowledge and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social epistemology.

Agent (Philosophy).

Epistemics.

Physical Description:

xvi, 182 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield International, Ltd., [2016]

Summary:

The field of epistemology is undergoing significant changes. Primary among these changes is an ever-growing appreciation for how social influences impact one's ability to acquire and assess knowledge claims. Arguably, social epistemology's greatest influence on traditional epistemology is its stance on decentralizing the epistemic agent. In other words, its practitioners have actively sought to dispel the claim that individuals can be solely responsible for the assessment, acquisition, dissemination, and retention of knowledge. This view opposes traditional epistemology, which tends to focus on the individual's capacity to form and access knowledge claims independent of his or her relationship to society. Social Epistemology and Epistemic Agency is an essential resource for academics and students who ask, "In what manner does society engender its members with the ability to act as epistemic agents, what actions constitute epistemic agency, and what type of beings can be epistemic agents?" Book jacket.

Contents:

I Anchor Articles

1 A Proposed Research Program for Social Epistemology / Sanford C. Goldberg Goldberg, Sanford C. 3

2 A Sense of Epistemic Agency Fit for Social Epistemology / Steve Fuller Fuller, Steve 21

II Responses and Further Considerations

3 Two Kinds of Social Epistemology and the Foundations of Epistemic Agency / Finn Collin Collin, Finn 43

4 Fuller's Social Epistemology and Epistemic Agency / Francis Remedios Remedios, Francis, Valentine Dusek Dusek, Valentine 61

5 Agency and Disagreement / Paul Faulkner Faulkner, Paul 75

6 Disciplines, the Division of Epistemic Labor, and Agency / Fred D'Agostino D'Agostino, Fred 91

7 The Distribution of Epistemic Agency / Orestis Palermos Palermos, Orestis, Duncan Pritchard Pritchard, Duncan 109

8 Toward Fluid Epistemic Agency: Differentiating the Terms Being, Subject, Agent, Person, and Self / Frank Scalambrino Scalambrino, Frank 127

9 "Epistemic Agency": A Hegelian Perspective / Angelica Nuzzo Nuzzo, Angelica 145

10 Epistemic Agency as a Social Achievement: Rorty, Putnam, and Neo-German Idealism / Patrick J. Reider Reider, Patrick J. 161.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Social epistemology and epistemic agency

ISBN:

9781783483471

1783483474

9781783483488

1783483482

OCLC:

921868340

Publisher Number:

99969342490